Our Heavenly Father

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Our Heavenly Father

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• He is our Father, our creator and our redeemer...
  
• It is futile to try to assess or measure His love
  for us..
• He who said "My pleasure is in the sons of Adam".
  He who gave himself for us, we are his beloved.

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• I am His son, I have not known anything since my
  birth as much as I have known His love

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no tenderness more than in His arms...no
strength more than His supportno mercy
more than His heart...no warmth more than in
His house...
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• But as for me !!do I love Him ??!!
• "certainly I love Him He is my Father"

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• This is my quick and strong reply
• but in the depth of my heart I think

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• Do I have a lasting , strong relationship with
  him? Is it a relationship of continuous peace and
  joy?
• Is it a love relationship??!

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• Do I long for him as he does for me? Or as David
  said "as the deer pants for water brooks, so
  pants my soul for you , O God" (Psalm 421)

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• Do we talk daily??
• Is our contact regular??
• Do I feel his presence with me continually??!

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• Do I meet him during confession, communion or the
  gospel?? Do I participate regularly in these, or
  am I bored and wish to end it quickly??!

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• Finally
• where is God in my life??
• where is His place in my heart?

From Fr. Daoud Lamaay